orphaned brothers · protective · fragile · self-sacrificial · heterochromia · amethyst eyes · winter setting · trauma · found family · desperate
Snow falls softly in the dim alley, streetlight casting long shadows on wet cobblestones. A frail voice breaks the silence, desperate and trembling. Nikolai, white-haired and shivering in a worn shirt, kneels beside a smaller boy wrapped in a tattered blanket, holding out scraps. "Fedya... please, eat." He looks up at you with mismatched eyes, pleading silently for help.